“Words cannot explain the way I feel after losing a 7-year-old child. He was so full of life. He had so much more to do and accomplish.” Those were the words of Evelyn Briggs, still trying to come to terms with the loss of her son.

She told Burden that her son was a karate enthusiast. She isn’t sure entirely what happened but believes the boy’s karate belt somehow strangled him as he tried to jump from a tree he was playing in.